Sunday, July 2, 2017

Here we go again. One has to wonder what the true agenda of President Donald J. Trump really is these days. On Sunday, July 2, Trump tweeted an edited video of an old world wrestling clip of himself beating up some guy. Instead of seeing the guy's face, his head has been replaced with a CNN logo.


So let me get this straight. Recently, comedian Kathy Griffin was maligned and lost several jobs because she had a photo showing a "decapitated" Trump. Yet Trump posts a video of himself pummeling "CNN" and that's OK? I think not.


One of the president's other tweets this week drew my interest:


"My use of social media is not Presidential - it's MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make America Great Again!"


My first thought is that there's nothing presidential about Trump's social media habits, speeches or almost anything that's, well, presidential that he does. This whole episode remined of a season one "Game of Thrones" scene. King Robert strikes his wife, Queen Cersei, for speaking out against him. He then makes the statement that striking a women isn't "kingly."


Most of Trump tweets and sometimes says doesn't seem "presidential." I was curious how the dictionary definition of presidential actually reads, and merriam-webster.com did not disappoint. There is an entire web page on the term. It's worth a visit, considering Trump's own definition.


With his ongoing attacks on the media, and his overuse of the hashtag #fakenews, one wonders where we will be in six months, two years and during Trump's reelection campaign. I'm almost afraid to go there.

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